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Qaminis or Ghemines () is a small town adjacent to the Gulf of Sidra in the Cyrenaica region of northwestern Libya. It is located about to the south of Benghazi, west of Suluq, and east of the Mediterranean coast.

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Qaminis or Ghemines () is a small town adjacent to the Gulf of Sidra in the Cyrenaica region of northwestern Libya. It is located about to the south of Benghazi, west of Suluq, and east of the Mediterranean coast.

Qaminis was known Chaminos, before its name was changed following its conquest by the early Muslim Caliphate in AD642.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qaminis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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